Recognised as Colour

#40F8DF

#40F8DF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#40F8DF is a cyan with RGB values 64, 248, 223 and HSL 172°, 93%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#40F8DF#40F8DF

HEX#40F8DF

RGBrgb(64, 248, 223)

RGB (0–1)0.251, 0.9725, 0.8745

RGB percentages25.1%, 97.3%, 87.5%

HSLhsl(171.8, 92.9%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 74.2%, 97.3%)

CMYK74.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,258,015

CSS custom property--colour: #40F8DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73553WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness207.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.71:1

Contrast with white1.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#BF0720

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDE9DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#D4D7E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00FDF0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.34:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 12.2 Aqua · ΔE 13.6 Cyan · ΔE 13.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F84059

Analogous#40F883, #40B5F8

Triadic#DF40F8, #F8DF40

Split complementary#F840B5, #F88340

Tetradic#8340F8, #F84059, #B5F840

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D4FDF8

Lighter +20%#A2FCEF

Lighter +10%#71FAE7

Darker −10%#0FF6D7

Darker −20%#07CBB0

Darker −30%#069985

Darker −40%#04685B

More saturated +25%#39FFE4

Less saturated −25%#59DFCD

Channel breakdown

R64

G248

B223

Red64 (25.1%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue223 (87.5%)

Hue171.85°

Saturation (HSL)92.93%

Lightness61.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 40 · G F8 · B DF

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